Results for: books tagged ‘Espionage’
North by Northwest: Ernest Lehman
Hitchcock's best-loved romantic thriller is one of the most influential works ever made in the genre - an enticing cocktail of suspense, comedy, eroticism and danger.Roger Thornhill is a suave ... More
Just When We Are Safest: Reg Gadney
'MI5 will change my life tonight.'The entry in the secret diary of Mary R. Walker (Metropolitan Police) is all too accurate. When Walker is murdered in a terrorist attack, her ... More
The Achilles Heel: Reg Gadney
The time is now. An enquiry agent, known as Angell, is hired by the glamorous wife of the century's greatest philanthropist and financier, to terminate the investigation of her husband's ... More
Celia's Secret: Michael Frayn and David Burke
One day during the run of Michael Fryan's play Copenhagen, a curious letter arrived from a housewife in Chiswick. She enclosed a few faded pages of barely legible German which ... More
The Forger: Paul Watkins
Paris, 1939. Europe is on the brink of a second World War. David Halifax, a young American art student, is arrested for forgery. Unbeknownst to Halifax, an unscrupulous art dealer ... More
The Red Dancer: Richard Skinner
The Red Dancer opens in 1895 when, as a young woman in Amsterdam, Margaretha Zelle answers a lonely-hearts advertisement placed by a soldier twice her age in a local newspaper. ... More
The Sirius Crossing: John Creed
Jack Valentine has been in the intelligence game too long and it is starting to show, but he accepts one more mission. He always does. It seems like a simple ... More
The Spy's Handbook: Herbie Brennan
The complete guide to professional spying for 8-to-80-year-olds.Whether you're just a bit nosy, or you want to launch a full-scale investigation of your neighbours, this indispensable handbook will teach you ... More
Anthony Burgess: Roger Lewis
‘Like his subject, Lewis is an intellectual showman, a connoisseur of the arcane, a collector of titillating trivia . . . Fascinated with Burgess’ consummate fakery and repelled by his ... More
Bunker 13: Aniruddha Bahal
Minty Mehta (aka MM) likes to play dangerously - he is making a documentary about the Indian army's conflict with the Pakistanis but drug-fuelled parachute jumping with Major Rodrigues is ... More
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